Brits to face coldest August for 100 years

BIG CHILL: There is a chance of sleet and snow in Scotland [ALAMY / PIC POSED BY MODEL]

Thermometers are set to plummet as a stubborn band of low pressure drags air in from the north.

And anyone hoping for summer to return for the August bank holiday next weekend will be disappointed.

Leon Brown, forecaster for The Weather Channel UK, said: “It currently looks like the weather will be cool but fine and dry on the Saturday and Sunday.

“But there remains a threat of rain spreading to the west during holiday Monday.” Government figures show the last time it was this cold in August was 1919 when the mercury rose no higher than 8.9C (48F) for four days in Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Forecasters blame an area of low pressure to the north of the UK, which is pulling cold air down from the Arctic.

Met Office spokeswoman Laura Young said: “It is going to be much cooler this week across all parts of the UK, especially at night.”

The temperature is not expected to rise above 9C (48.2F) in parts of the north. There is even a chance of sleet and snow over the mountains of Scotland, with the thermometer barely getting above zero.

Thermometers are set to plummet as a stubborn band of low pressure drags air in from the north.

And anyone hoping for summer to return for the August bank holiday next weekend will be disappointed.

Leon Brown, forecaster for The Weather Channel UK, said: “It currently looks like the weather will be cool but fine and dry on the Saturday and Sunday.

“But there remains a threat of rain spreading to the west during holiday Monday.” Government figures show the last time it was this cold in August was 1919 when the mercury rose no higher than 8.9C (48F) for four days in Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Forecasters blame an area of low pressure to the north of the UK, which is pulling cold air down from the Arctic.

Met Office spokeswoman Laura Young said: “It is going to be much cooler this week across all parts of the UK, especially at night.”

The temperature is not expected to rise above 9C (48.2F) in parts of the north. There is even a chance of sleet and snow over the mountains of Scotland, with the thermometer barely getting above zero.